Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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